The relationship between Kentucky and its multimedia rights partner, JMI, has been all the talk in recent days. Two days after KSR’s story on Wednesday about Kentucky’s recruiting efforts, which touched on the topic, Mark Pope addressed the conversation for himself.
During Friday’s press conference, Pope was asked about Kentucky’s need for a general manager to be in charge of NIL and other matters. While answering that question, Pope went on to address the recent talk circulating about JMI, Kentucky’s media partner’s involvement with NIL, giving a lot of credit to Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart.